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In the year 1942
472 Notable deaths
Kamisaka Sekka
Japanese artist (1866-1942).
Born February 26th, 1866 in Kyoto.
Died January 4th, 1942 at 75 years old in Kyoto. [ref]
Virginia Lee Corbin
American actress (1910-1942).
Born December 5th, 1910 in Prescott.
Died June 5th, 1942 at 31 years old in Chicago (tuberculosis).
Belisario Porras Barahona
President of panama (1856-1942).
Born November 28th, 1856 in Guararé.
Died August 28th, 1942 at 85 years old in Panama City.
Murdock MacQuarrie
Actor (1878-1942).
Born August 25th, 1878 in San Francisco.
Died August 22nd, 1942 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Ludwig Aschoff
German physician/pathologist.
Born January 10th, 1866 in Berlin.
Died June 24th, 1942 at 76 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexey Troitsky
Russian chess player (1866-1942).
Born March 14th, 1866 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Hernando Siles Reyes
President of bolivia (1882-1942).
Born August 5th, 1882 in Sucre.
Died November 23rd, 1942 at 60 years old in Lima.
William Henry Young
English mathematician (1863–1942).
Born October 20th, 1863 in London.
Died July 7th, 1942 at 78 years old in Lausanne, Chavornay.
Ants Piip
Prime minister of estonia (1884-1942).
Born February 28th, 1884 in Anikatsi. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1942 at 58 years old in Solikamsk. [ref]
Józef Kowalski
Polish saint.
Born March 13th, 1911 in Poland.
Died July 4th, 1942 at 31 years old in Auschwitz.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 472
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore